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James Clayton McNealus Full Name: James Clayton McNealus Date of birth: October 15, 1850 Date of death: May 18, 1921 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 6 Jan 14, 1919 - May 18, 1921 37th (1) (2)   36th (3)   37th (1) (2)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas Dean of the Senate. (37th) Dean of the Senate. (36th)   Dallas, Rockwall S 6 Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 14, 1919 35th (4) (5)   34th (6)   35th (4) (5)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas Senate President Pro Tempore (35th)   Dallas, Rockwall S 6 Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 12, 1915 32nd (8) (9)   33rd (7)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas, Rockwall (1) Hart Willis, sworn 7/18/1921, succeeded James C. McNealus, died 5/18/1921. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (2) 37th Legislature - 1/11/1921, pp. 1-2, listed in Roll Call of Holdover Senators. Senate Journal. (3) 36th Legislature - 1/14/1919, pp. 1-2, listed as "member-elect" in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 5th, 1918. Senate Journal. (4) 35th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 8/30/1917, 2nd C.S. Senate Journal. (5) 35th Legislature - 1/9/1917, pp. 1-2, listed in Roll Call of Holdover Senators. Senate Journal. (6) 34th Legislature - 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2, listed as elected on November 3, 1914. Senate Journal. (7) 33rd Legislature - 1/14/1913, pp. 1-4, listed in Roll Call with "holdover Senators." Senate Journal. (8) 32nd Legislature - 1/10/1911, pp. 1-2, listed in Roll Call as "Senator-elect." Senate Journal. (9) 33rd Legislature - 1/14/1913, p. 3. Elected on 11/8/1910, for a full period of four years (listed with "hold over senators"). Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 37th Legislature, 1st C.S., Simple Resolution 51, 8/15/1921, p. 405. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," 3/22/1917, p. 6. Houston Post. Other Resources Obituary and tribute by Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald, editor of Fort Worth Record, "The Late Senator McNealus," 5/24/1921, p. 2. Corsicana Daily Sun. Mentioned in Eugene V. Debs, letters and abstracts, Covington Hall letter to Debs, 11/6/1919. "Writes that he met J. C. McNealus, one of the oldest members of the Texas legislature and editor of the DALLAS DEMOCRAT, who read him a an editorial..." Indiana State University, Cunningham Memorial Library, 2007. James Clayton McNealus (1850-c.1921) ? of Texas. Born in Delaware County, N.Y., 1850, buried in Tarrant County. Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries. Deaths of persons of prominence in Texas, J. C. McNealus, editor and State senator, at Dallas, May, 1921. "News and Items," Vol. 25 No. 2, October 1921, p. 149. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Photographs Photograph. J.C. McNealus, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.C. McNealus, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.C. McNealus, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.C. McNealus, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.C. McNealus, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.C. McNealus, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 32nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 33rd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 34th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, south wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 35th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 36th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 37th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 37th R.S. - 1921 Constitutional Amendments   Internal Improvements (Chair)  Labor (Chair)  Military Affairs   Privileges and Elections   Public Debts, Claims and Accounts   Public Health (Vice Chair)  Representative Districts   State Affairs   Town and City Corporations   36th R.S. - 1919 Agricultural Affairs   Constitutional Amendments   Insurance and Banking   Internal Improvements   Labor   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Health (Chair)  Public Printing   Towns and City Corporations   35th R.S. - 1917 Central Investigating Committee   Commerce and Manufactures   Constitutional Amendments   Insurance and Banking   Internal Improvements   Labor   Public Debt, Claims and Accounts   Public Health   Public Printing   State Penitentiaries   Towns and City Corporations   34th R.S. - 1915 Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Insurance, Statistics and History   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Labor (Chair)  Military Affairs   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Health (Chair)  Public Printing   Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Towns and City Corporations   33rd R.S. - 1913 Congressional Districts   Internal Improvements   Labor   Military Affairs (Chair)  Public Health   Public Printing (Chair)  Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Towns and City Corporations   32nd R.S. - 1911 Commerce and Manufactures   Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Engrossed Bills   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Labor   Military Affairs   Prohibition Amendment Election held July 22, 1911, Investigation of   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Health   Public Lands and Land Office   Public Printing (Chair)  Rules   Towns and City Corporations

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